YouthGame

Aims of the tool

Youthgame’s aims are strongly related with the possibility to explain what Youth pass is, which is the utility and to show practical examples of key competences during a project. Moreover it can be used to start recognize the competences acquired during a long term project (evs project) and to introduce Youthpass to the local community.

Description of the tool

The idea is to organize a sort of Treasure Hunt in which each participant / volunteer will need to fullfil a series of Tasks (see the attached form), each one directly related to one of the key competences. Each competence can include 1 ore more tasks. Every task can be completed individually or in a group. Once the participants/volunteers have finished all their tasks, a plenary will be organized to analyze the learning outcomes they have achived from the game and bring the reflect from each particular example to a more general approche to what YouthPass is and what is it used for. The plenary can be done at an individual level or working in small groups.
Through this Game volunteers will learn to be responsible about their own leaning and get to be selfdirected-learners by undestanding the bases of Non-formal education and be able to experience it in real cases.

Notes:
When applying this tool to EVS volunteers, after the Game and the plenary we recommend to provide each volunteer with a Learning diary where they can regulary write down the activities they develop during the service and collect his / her competences in the specific fields.
When applying this tool to other YiA Actions, we recommend to use it in a 1-day/1/2-day long activity towards the end of the Exchange, T.C, to evaluate the Learning achivements of participants during the project.
Is it possible to change/addapt the 8 tasks considering the type of project (long or short, ecc), the duration of the exercise, the particularites of the local community or the specific target group.